topic Re: Empty Library although source folder is not empty? in New SAS User

Empty Library although source folder is not empty?

shyunk — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 18:18:24 GMT

Hi,

I am switching from the university edition to SAS 9.4 and having some issues with libraries. Could anyone let me know why my library is showing up as empty when it shouldn't be? I have described issue below:

I am trying to read a dat file stored in this physical folder(bios).

I first designated a new library by clicking the physical/source folder (bios). Also tried it using code:

libname myfol 'C:\Users\xxxx\Documents\SASUniversityEdition\myfolders\xxxx';

But when I open this library (myfol) it is empty, and I can't see any member files I see in my source/physical folder.

And when I run the code below, I get an error message.

data myfol.larynx.dat;
set myfol.test;
run;

I have also tried to troubleshoot by designating a library from a different folder on my desktop. Still shows up as an empty library.

Re: Empty Library although source folder is not empty?

shyunk — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 18:26:43 GMT

Correction:

This is the error message I get when I run code

data myfol.larynx;
set myfol.test;
run;

Re: Empty Library although source folder is not empty?

SASKiwi — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 03:11:25 GMT

It's not clear what you are doing. If you are trying to read a DAT file then you are going to need an INFILE statement and INPUT statement to read this. I don't see these statements anywhere in your screenshots.

You can only use a SET statement to read an existing SAS data library. Your MYFOL library needs to be defined by a LIBNAME statement before you can use it.

Please post SAS logs using copy and paste, not via screenshots.